"Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair."

"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes."

"Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing."

"If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure."

"The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends."

"Well family is obviously the most important. There was a time when I thought football was the most important."

"My first memories of religion were being taken to Episcopal church. My father was Catholic, but my mother, I believe, was Episcopal. So I sort of veered off into the watered-down version of Catholicism."

"My sister is totally my dad's daughter because she loves sports."